Fall is back

Yesterday was a rainy morning.  Today was a rainy all day long.  While I was out running errands this afternoon in the rain my pants became wet.  You know how well cotton pants dry right? Well on my way home to fix dinner I decided today was the day.  First fire of the year.  This has usually been one of my favorite nights of the year. You know how romantic a fire is.  A snuggle buddy and a good dinner make a fire all that much nicer.  I knew tonight was not going to be a snuggle buddy kind of night because I got strict orders to let John sleep until 9:00pm but I did think a fire and a good dinner was worth the sacrifice.  I fixed an easy dinner of pork chops and bakers and started my fire.  That's the funny part.

 I figured I would use a self starting log because the hatchet is in the garage waiting for one more camping trip.  I light the paper that surrounds the log and wait.  All of the paper is burning but the log is not burning.  I light another match to start more of the paper on fire.  Still the log refuses to burn.  Here is where I get desperate.  You see, we do a lot of camping in the year and I can usually make a great fire with one match and a few pieces of wood.  I have some wood inside but no way to cut it.  I break the piece into small pieces and start my very own wood fire on the side of the log hoping it will start on fire at some point.  Good news...the log will burn once you have a very nice fire burning on it.  Note to self.  Take all of the dura flames out of the 72 hour kit and replace with real wood.